Nature, 
June 9, 1904 
Lndex 1X 
Barometric Seesaws, Prof. Hofrath Julius Hann, q4o1r 
Barrell (Frank R.), Elementary Geometry, 146, 434 
Barrett-Hamilton (Captain), the Flight of Flying-fishes, 279 
Barrow (G.), Moine Gneisses of the East Central High- 
lands, 575 
Barus (Dr. Carl), Nuclei and Ions, 103 ; Direct Micrometric 
Method for the Measurement of the Diameter of Fog 
Particles, 443; Photomicrographs of Fog Particles Con- 
densed on X-Ray and other Nuclei, 494 
Base of Napier’s Logarithms, Adolfo 
G. B. M., 582 
Bashford (E. F.), Conjugation of Resting Nuclei in an 
Epithelioma of the Mouse, 380 
Baskerville (Prof. C.), Atoms and Elements, 402; Two New 
Elements, Carolinium and Berzilium, 564 
Basset (A. B., F.R.S.), Learned Societies, 437, 580; a Plea 
for Good English, 464 
Bastian (H. Charlton, M.D., F.R.S.), Studies in Hetero- 
genesis, 385 
Batelli (F.), Supposed Alcoholic Fermentation of Animal 
Tissues, 192 
Bateson (W., F.R.S.), on Heredity, 18 
Bathymetrical Survey of Scottish Lakes, 236 
Bathymetrical Survey of the Fresh-water Lochs of Scot- 
land, Sir John Murray, K.C.B., F.R.S., and Laurence 
Pullar, 546 
Bats of the Genus Chilonycteris, 
American, J. A. G. Rehn, 588 
Battle of the Beasts, Nature’s Riddles, 
Shepheard-Walwyn, 176 
Baubigny (A.), New Method of Estimating the Halogens 
in Organic Compounds, 287 
Baubigny (H.), Action of Boric Acid upon Iodides, 24; 
Conditions of Separation of Cuprous Iodide in a Mixture 
Containing Alkaline Chlorides, Bromides and Todides, 
72; Separation of Iodine from Bromides and Chlorides, 
Bossetti, 582; 
Central and South 
or the, H. W. 
143 
Baudouin (A.), Electrical Osmosis in Methyl Alcohol, 600 
Bauer (Dr. L. A.), Department of International Research 
in Terrestrial Magnetism of the Carnegie Institution, 580 
Baur (Dr. E.), Experiments on Colour-sensitive Silver 
Chloride, 350 
Baxter (G. P.), the Atomic Weight of Iron, 258 
Bay of Naples, Earth-movements in the, R. T. Giinther, 
74 
Bayeux (Raoul), Biological Observations at Chamonix and 
on Mt. Blanc, 600 
Beadnell (H. J. L.), Geology of Baharia Oasis, 618 
Bear, a Little Brother to the, and other Animal Studies, 
William J. Long, 176 
Beaulard (F.), Elastic Constants of Silk, 158 
Becquerel (Henri), Scintillating Phosphorescence of Certain 
Substances under the Action of Radium Rays, 23; 
Crystals of Hexagonal Zinc Blende Crushed between 
Glass Plates Emit Light, 233; Light Emitted by Certain 
Salts of Uranium, 335, 377 
Beddard (F. E., F.R.S.), Intestine and the Cacum of a 
Boa Constrictor which had Died in the Society’s Gardens, 
190 
Bedford (His Grace the Duke of), the Effects of Grass on 
Apple Trees, 162 
Béhal (M.), New General Method for the Synthesis of 
Aldehydes, 257 
Behrend (B. A.), Expansion Curves, 56 
Bell (A. M.), Implementiferous Sections at Wolvercote 
(Oxfordshire), 358 
Bellars (A. E.), Separation of f-Crotonic Acid from 
a-Crotonic Acid, 478 
Belopolsky (M. A.), Standard Velocity Stars, 521 
Benham (Prof. W. B.), Geographical Distribution of Earth- 
worms, 135 
Benin, Great, its Customs, Art and Horrors, H. Ling Roth, 
132 
Bennett (W.), Non-homocentric Pencils and the Shadows 
Produced by them, the Standard Astigmatic, 335; 
Shadows Produced by Axially Symmetrical Pencils 
Possessing Spherical Aberration, 527 
Bensley (Dr.), Origin of the Australian Marsupials, 284 
Benson (A. C.), on School Curricula, 20 
Benson (Clara C.), Interesting Reaction the Rate of which 
is Diminished by Raising the Temperature, 619 
Benson (Dr. Margaret), Embryology of the Amentifere, 
Part ii., Carpinus Betulus, 142 
Berberich (A.), Elements and Ephemeris for Wolf’s Comet 
(1884 III.), 620 
Berg (A.), Influence of Hydriodic Acid on the Oxidation 
of Sulphurous Acid, 600 
Berg (L. S.), Lake Balkhash, 111; Lake Aral, 232 
Berliner Jahrbuch Fundamental Catalogue, Corrections to 
the, Dr. A. Auwers, 473 
Bernard (Noel), the Endophytic Fungus of Orchids, 552 
Berry (Dr. G. A.), Relation of Visual Efficiency to Visual 
Acuity, 479 
Berthelot (M.), Naphthalene not Antiseptic, 167; on the 
Emission of Water Vapour by Plants and on their Spon- 
taneous Desiccation, 263; the Gaseous Exchanges 
between the Atmosphere and Plants Deprived of their 
Roots and Kept in the Dark, 479 
Bertiaux (M.), Influence of Gases on the Separation of 
Nickel and Zinc by Electrolysis, 120 
Berzelius (Jakob), H. G. Sdderbaum, 558 
Bichat (E.), Mechanism of the Transmission of the n-Rays 
through Wires, 383; Transparency of Certain Bodies for 
the n-Rays, 455; Particular Cases in the Emission of the 
n-Rays, 455 
Bidwell (Shelford, F.R.S.), Photo-telephony, 373 
Bielids at Athens, Observations of Leonids and, M. Eginitis, 
186 
Biffen (R. H.), Experiments on Wheat, 92; Mendel’s Laws 
and their Application to Wheat Hybrids, 454 
Big Game Shooting and Travel in South-east Africa, 
F. R. N. Findlay, Sir H. H. Johnston, G.C.M.G., 
K.G.B:, 313 
Bildnis-Photographie, Die, Fritz Loescher, 460 
Biology: Practical Management of Pure Yeast, Alfred 
Jorgensen, 4; Biological Species of Parasitic Fungi, E. 
Fischer, 17; Origin of Parasitism in Fungi, George 
Massee, 429; Die Wirtswechselnden Rost-pilze, H. 
Klebahn, 601; Biological Work in South Africa, 91; 
Geographical Distribution of Earth-worms, Prof. W. B. 
Benham, 135; Biological Treatment of Sewage, 139; 
Prof. Clowes, 471; Ueber Erblichkeit in Populationen 
und in reinen Linien. Ein Beitrag zur Beleuchtung 
Schwebender Selektionsfragen, Prof. W. Johannsen, 149 ; 
Nuclear Division without Cell Division, Ralph Lillie, 
232; Einfihrung in die Experimentelle Entwickelungs- 
geschichte, Prof. Otto Maas, 241; Death and Obituary 
Notice of Prof. Karl Alfred von Zittel, 253; Death of J. S. 
Budgett, 278; Biologia Centrali-Americana, or Contribu- 
tions to the Knowledge of the Fauna and Flora of Mexico 
and Central America, 338; Studies in Heterogenesis, H. 
Charlton Bastian, M.D., F.R.S., 385; Some Unsolved 
Problems of Organic Adaptation, Prof. C. W. Hargitt, 
404; Cultural Experiments with ‘‘ Biologic Forms Di 
the Erysiphacez, Ernest S. Salmon, 406; Early Develop- 
ment of Motor Nerves and Myotomes in Lepidosiren 
paradoxa, Prof. Graham Kerr, 430; Histology of the 
Blood in the Embryo of Lepidosiren paradoxa, Dr. T. H. 
Bryce, 431; Ansichten und Gesprache iiber die individuelle 
und specifische Gestaltung in der Natur, Franz Krasan, 
435; on the Biology of Federation, Sir John Cockburn, 
443; Death of Prof. Arthur Greeley, 539; Adaptive 
Modifications of Mammals, R. S. Lull, 566; Biological 
Observations at Chamonix and on Mt. Blanc, Raoul 
Bayeux, 600; Marine Biology, Biological Significance 
of Elegance in Certain Marine Organisms, A. Lang, 17; 
Distribution of Copepoda, Dr. R. N. Wolfenden, 23 ; 
Death of I. C. Thompson, 34; the Non-regeneration of 
Spheridia in the Sea-urchin, Yves Delage, 47; Osmotic 
Regulation of the Internal Liquids in Echinoderms, Victor 
Henri and S. Lalou, 48; Small Blind Crabs of the Genus 
Cymonomus (or Ethusa), Prof. Ray Lankester, 206; 
Biology of Loch Ness, James Murray, 286-7; Abysmal 
Deposits, H. Robson, 297; the Formation of Coral Reefs, 
J. Stanley Gardiner, 371, 581; Ernest H. L. Schwarz, 
581; the Atoll of Funafuti, Report of the Coral Reef 
Committee of the Royal Society, 582; Vertical Distribu- 
tion of Two Biscayan Chetognatha, Dr. Fowler, 381; 
the British Government and Marine Biology, 396; Dr. 
E. J. Allen, 463; the Writer of the Note, 463; Sea- 
anemones Infesting West Indian Sponges, Dr. J. E. 
Duerden, 398; Report to the Government of Ceylon on 
